Enhanced sunlight photocatalytic performance of hafnium doped ZnO nanoparticles for methylene blue degradation

Integrated Ferroelectrics

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 108-114

  Ahmad, M ^a,b   Iqbal, Z ^b   Hong, Zhanglian ^a   Yang, Jingxia ^a   Zhang, Yuewei ^a   Khalid, N R ^a,b   Ahmed, E ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hf doped ZnO; Nanocrystalline ZnO; photocatalysis; sol gel synthesis

Indexed keywords

HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; METHYLENE BLUE DEGRADATIONS; NANOCRYSTALLINE ZNO; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SOL-GEL SYNTHESIS; ZNO;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSTS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); IRRADIATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; ZINC OXIDE;

HAFNIUM;

EID: 84881271955     PISSN: 10584587     EISSN: 16078489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584587.2013.788943     Document Type: Article

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